WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women’s tennis team traveled out to Notre Dame to kick off the weekend on Friday and returned to the Schwartz Tennis Center on Sunday.
PURDUE vs. NOTRE DAME
Purdue dropped the doubles point after struggling to get an edge within the matches. Juana Larranaga and Carmen Gallardo Guevara fought hard to try and take the lead at No. 2, but were overtaken by Notre Dame’s Maria Olivia Castedo and Nibedita Ghosh.
Freshman Tara Katarina Milic and Carmen Gallardo Guevara had a quick start in their singles matches both taking the lead 2-0.
Rut Galindo scored the lone singles point for the team after defeating Notre Dame’s Meghan Coleman in a tiebreaker at No. 5.
After a hard-fought battle against the Fighting Irish, the Boilermakers were unable to achieve a victory.
PURDUE vs. IOWA STATE
The Boilermakers started off the doubles matches strongly with Rut Galindo and Juana Larranaga winning their first match of the day. The Cyclones then overtook Purdue in the doubles matches.
Carmen Gallardo Guevara was first to finish in singles, but lost the battle at No. 2 against Ange Oby Kajuru 6-4, 6-2.
Csilla Fodor scored the first point for the Boilermakers at No. 1 singles over the Cyclones Thasaporn Naklo, 6-4, 6-3. In a tie-breaker, Tara Katarina Milic rose above her opponent to take the match 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 at No. 4.
Nathalia Wolf Gasparin made her singles debut of the season and took her first victory in a tie break at No. 6.
A tough weekend for the Boilermakers, falling to Iowa State to conclude this week’s matches.
UP NEXT
The Boilermakers will continue their homestand in West Lafayette on Friday, February 18, against Washington at 1 pm in the Schwartz Tennis Center.
PURDUE (5-1) – 1, NOTRE DAME (6-2) – 6
Singles
1. Julia Andreach (ND) def. Csilla Fodor (PUR) – 6-3, 6-4
2. Page Freeman (ND) def. Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) – 7-6, 6-4
3. Nibedita Ghosh (ND) def. Tara Katarina Milic (PUR) – 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
4. Carrie Beckman (ND) def. Juana Larranaga (PUR) – 7-6, 7-5
5. Rut Galindo (PUR) def. Meghan Coleman (ND) – 5-7, 7-6,
6. Maria Olivia Castedo (ND) def. Seira Shimizu (PUR) – 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
1. Page Freeman/Julia Andreach (ND) def. Csilla Fodor/Tara Katarina Milic (PUR) – 2-6
2. Megan Coleman/Carrie Beckman (ND) vs. Nathalia Wolf Gasparin/Rut Galindo (PUR) 5-4, unfinished
3. Maria Olivia Castedo/Nibedita Ghosh (ND) def. Juana Larranaga/Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) – 6-3
Order of Finish
Singles – 1,5,3,4,2,6
Doubles – 2,1,3
PURDUE (5-2) – 3, IOWA STATE (3-0) – 4
Singles
1. Csilla Fodor (PUR) def. Thasaporn Naklo (ISU) – 6-4, 6-3
2. Ange Oby Kajuru (ISU) def. Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) – 6-4, 6-2
3. Tara Katarina Milic (PUR) def. Miska Kadleckova (ISU) – 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
4. Anna Supapitch Kuearum (ISU) def. Juana Larranaga (PUR) – 6-3, 6-7, 6-3
5. Chie Kezuka (ISU) def. Rut Galindo (PUR) – 6-4, 2-6, 6-0
6. Nathalia Wolf Gasparin def. (PUR) Sofia Cabezas (ISU) – 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Doubles
1. Thasaporn Naklo/Christin Hsieh (ISU) def. Nathalia Wolf Gasparin/Csilla Fodor (PUR) – 6-2
2. Miska Kadleckova/Sofia Cabezas (ISU) def. Tara Katarina Milic/Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) – 6-3
3. Rut Galindo/Juana Larranaga (PUR) def. Ange Oby Kajuru/Chie Kezuka (ISU) – 6-2
Order of Finish
Singles – 2,1,3,5,4,6
Doubles – 3,1,2
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